Last night I headed over to Molly O'Briens. Nick Kousamano was there setting up with a guy named Marvell (accent on the first syllable). Anyway, Nick and I were the only comics. Also there wasn't so much a crowd for a while. Eventually a 4-top moved from the bar area into the restaurant area where we were set up at. Apparently they were from New York, and a little unappreciative of the show. Eventually they got up and left. I never got on stage. That wasn't what I am going to remember about the trip, though.
I was talking to Anthony Joplin about running a show. Anthony mentioned wanting to concentrate on writing and thus wasn't interested. Anthony and I talked about working on writing versus working on stage pressence. Good material can be funny despite a weak pressence, but it seems very hard to make weak material funny despite a strong pressense. A couple people have referred to me as "the hardest working comic in st louis" becuase I go to all the less-than-awesome shows. I think I would like to concentrate on writing more, but I need to develope some excercises or get some books or something. I might try to ask around at the clubs. I have two Judy Carter books and Zen and the Art of Stand Up Comedy, but I don't remember getting too many writing tips from them... If anyone reading this has a suggestion, let me know.